"What would be the impact on services ranging from [. ..] YouTube"
Given that anything posted on YouTube is subject to U.S. and international copyright law and that every video clip not produced by the poster or posted with permission of the creator is an illegal use . . . technically the government of the country in which the YouTube servers exist (probably the U.S.) could legally shut down the site at anytime. The only thing that's currently stopping them is that a mass copyright infringement lawsuit hasn't been presented.
-Van
P.S. I find it rather disturbing that anyone talking about SFWA doesn't know the Doctorow name. Also, I could be mistaken, but I'm under the impression that SFWA is a non-profit organization (confirmed by their website), not a company. Financially attacking the organization goes right up there with financially attacking the ACLU, AMA, or APA.
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"What would be the impact on services ranging from [. . .] YouTube"
Given that anything posted on YouTube is subject to U.S. and international copyright law and that every video clip not produced by the poster or posted with permission of the creator is an illegal use . . . technically the government of the country in which the YouTube servers exist (probably the U.S.) could legally shut down the site at anytime. The only thing that's currently stopping them is that a mass copyright infringement lawsuit hasn't been presented.
-Van
P.S. I find it rather disturbing that anyone talking about SFWA doesn't know the Doctorow name. Also, I could be mistaken, but I'm under the impression that SFWA is a non-profit organization (confirmed by their website), not a company. Financially attacking the organization goes right up there with financially attacking the ACLU, AMA, or APA.